I have designed a large site that uses multiple framesets (one frameset for each major area of the site) and have discovered an odd quirk.<br />
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Where a frameset is loaded when the last frameset to be loaded was the same frameset (e.g. frameset_A followed by various pages loaded in a frame in frameset_A followed by frameset_A again), all the intervening history (of the pages referenced through the frameset during the first load) is lost. Whereas if a different frameset is loaded in between (e.g. frameset_A, various pages in frameset_A, frameset_B, frameset_A) then the detailed history of pages referenced is not lost.<br />
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I have tried this in both IE4.01 & IE5.5 with the same effects.<br />
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Is this a known problem? Was it a "conscious design decision"? Is there a solution / workaround (I know I could revert to just having one frameset - but there were good practical reasons for using multiple framesets)?<!--content-->
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Where a frameset is loaded when the last frameset to be loaded was the same frameset (e.g. frameset_A followed by various pages loaded in a frame in frameset_A followed by frameset_A again), all the intervening history (of the pages referenced through the frameset during the first load) is lost. Whereas if a different frameset is loaded in between (e.g. frameset_A, various pages in frameset_A, frameset_B, frameset_A) then the detailed history of pages referenced is not lost.<br />
<br />
I have tried this in both IE4.01 & IE5.5 with the same effects.<br />
<br />
Is this a known problem? Was it a "conscious design decision"? Is there a solution / workaround (I know I could revert to just having one frameset - but there were good practical reasons for using multiple framesets)?<!--content-->